The Jasper weekly courier., 1887-03-18

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0E IoUis. March IA serious wreck.
caused by . washoul occurred - Joachin
creek. o. ths Iron Mountain railroad Sat-
urday night, by which two persons lost
their lives and several were more Or ls>s
seriously injured
rhs dead we're: Henry Byron. seed
about thirty years~ an unmarried rcsidcnt
whose body was carried away in the rush
Ing waters Of the creek. which caused The
washout and the accident
The injured. % far = ascsrtained. were
- follow:
valso Alsmsysr, Columbus, O.; serious
oontusions about The head and body.
Antonio Paselln, Italy. = laborer. p.ssen-
ger for Ioxnrkanns contusions about the
facc. he'd and lower linbs-
Frank Burma s. Louis. one of the bag
gage-masters; slight cut In ths face-
I-au Kelley. engineer: severe contusicns
about the face and BODY and toes Of Ian
foot crushed and badly bruised
Frank Hatch. Do Soto. nrenans several
painful contusicns of the back and body
J. II. Baldwin, Jamestown, n Y-;cus N
hand and wrist
}. b. ntconA san Joe. Cal; len hand
cut
4 n Beck, Point Burnside, Ky; CON
! tusicns about head and face
1 william Fontninc. news agent On the
train; contusions about The bead and
face
The body Of Mr. Byron was found In the
smolking-car after the water had subsidized
He had been drowned and was not
bruised or mutilated in any way. The
body was allowed 70 remain IN the coach
un,il three o'clock In the afternoon Of yes
terday, when Il was taken 20 De Soto and
I given In charge Of the compAny's under
taker. Mr. Robert Coxwell- The unknown
body Was not recovered il supposedly
having been washed awav in the food
Those persons injured were given the
necessary medical attention and some Of
them were brought 70 St Louis and sent
TO the Missouri Pacific hospital for treat
ucnt
HERO or rHE WRECK:
PHI Fitzgerald. one Of the passengers,
said: II an . conductor. formerly from
the New York = New England rsilrcad'
but for the past two years and . half have
been . conductor on the b. L0uis- IroE
Mountain Z Southern railroad Iuas o.
my way home from 81 Louis 70 Bismarck
where I reside Just before we rar
on the trcstle was sitting
| in = seat talking with Joe Gnion- the con-
l ducfor OF the train, and George Herbert
conductor Of the local freight who was
going home u spend Sunday. after taking
his run into St Louis Saturday evening
We were talking about the high water
and Herbert said il would Be wonder i
We did not have some wrecks tonight
He had cnly finished saying this when tn
shock came, aud Guion said- We hav'
got il now,' and he turned 70 me and said
Good-brc. Fitx-s and we shook hands an(
parted 20 save ourselves - best we could
! As soon as saw the water we starree
| back through the car. All the other pas
: sengers had left their seats in wild confu
sion, and when found could not pass
along the aisle climbed over the backs o
the seats and called out. Break out tn
| windows and 60 out ~ the side kicke1
out window when the water was mp =
! my waist and climbed on the window sill
. hut could not reach 70 climb on top. unit
Conductor Gni0n- who had followed IN
; same course Of action. had succeeded i
: reaching the top Of the car fbecaus
, he was taller and could reach the ventilz
tori rave me his assistance Ithcn hear
. Herbert cal my name from the end Of IN
car which was deepest in the water. say
Z ing; Tsfx. for Gods sake. help ne out
y 8UCCE6M6A IN kE4A4uE MN - %-+t< 8--@ -
r then held my hand while pulled up thrc
. Others from the same CIR. and some %
: else helped ne pull up two mo-e from tha
: side
Z We then went 10 the other side. wher
: we rescued four more in the same way
: There were twelve Of ~ on the top Of n
: car. and we were hfty feet from Land
The water must have been atleastte ten fee
= deep. Conductor Guion and consuife
4 what We should do. asked him Is b
could swim and he only said: IT'S b
y case
Took on al my heavy clothes shre
: times 20 swim out but others said Val
I. Guion asked: Can you get 70 shor
Fitxr ana / answered, Yes; can ma.
~ Finally when the CIR commenced
4 roll and swing down with the current Z
n II was about 20 jump and swim ashcr
= and. before doing %. we shook hands -
said tgood-bye-' he Jumped and ! g
4 lowed him 0nion caught : limb q
tree and succeeded in climbing into q
. tree ana rot from there TO shore Id
not catch the tree but went down wit
she current sour distance and succceds
:, IN swimming 70 shore II was broks
and very rapid current / was Il
lowed by Conductor Herbert and p
a oen9er. Herbert caught in The tree u
che passenger followed me % shor
"a We then got the bell rope
the car By throwing the rope
d Herbert IN the tree and he threw Il % 4
60 car where Il Wa made fast Wsfrst se
ch m are over the rope 20 the car and cut
e hole in the top Of the CT. All the passe
'c- gers were landed BY this rops and : -
~ which was made aftcrward, except Q
ne man, who was drowned n the car .